Post-harvest enhancement of aroma in transgenic lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) using the Clarkia breweri benzyl alcohol acetyltransferase (BEAT) gene

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Aranovich, Dina ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^b   Zaccai, Michele ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fragrance; Lisianthus; Transformation; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

CLARKIA; CLARKIA BREWERI; EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 33846911002     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Aharoni A., Jongsma M.A., and Bouwmeester H.J. Volatile science? Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 10 (2005) 594-602
2. Beekwilder J., Alvarez-Huerta1 M., Neef E., Verstappen F., Bouwmeester H., and Aharoni A. Functional characterization of enzymes forming volatile esters from strawberry and banana. Plant Physiol. 135 (2004) 1865-1878
3. Buchbauer G., Jirovetz L., Nikiforov A., Kaul V., and Winker N. Volatiles of the absolute of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (Rubiaceae). J. Essent. Oil Res. 8 (1996) 211-215
4. Christensen L., Jakobsen H., Kristiansen K., and Moller J. Volatiles emitted from flowers by gamma-radiated and not radiated Jasminum polyanthum Franch in situ. J. Agric. Food Chem. 45 (1997) 2199-2203
5. D'Auria J.C., Chen F., and Pichersky E. Characterization of an acyltransferase capable of synthesizing benzylbenzoate and other volatile esters in flowers and damaged leaves of Clarkia breweri. Plant Physiol. 130 (2002) 466-476
6. Deroles S.C., Bradley J.M., Schwinn K.E., Markham K.R., Bloor S., Manson D.G., and Davies K.M. An antisense chalcone synthase cDNA leads to novel colour patterns in lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) flowers. Mol. Breeding 4 (1998) 59-66
7. Dudareva N., D'Auria J., Nam K., Raguso R., and Pichersky E. Acetyl CoA:benzylalcohol acetyltransferase: an enzyme involved in floral scent production in Clarkia breweri. Plant J. 14 (1998) 297-304
8. Dudareva N., and Pichersky E. Biochemical and molecular genetic aspects of floral scents. Plant Physiol. 122 (2000) 627-633
9. Dudareva N., Raguso R., Wang J., Ross J., and Pichersky E. Floral scent production in Clarkia breweri. III. Enzymatic synthesis and emission of benzenoid esters. Plant Physiol. 116 (1998) 599-604
10. Galili G., Galili S., Lewinsohn E., and Tadmor Y. Genetic, molecular, and genomic approaches to improve the value of plant foods and feeds. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 21 (2001) 167-204
11. Guterman I., Masci T., Chen X., Negre F., Pichersky E., Dudareva N., Weiss D., and Vainstein A. Generation of phenylpropanoid pathway-derived volatiles in transgenic plants: rose alcohol acetyltransferase produces phenylethyl acetate and benzyl acetate in petunia flowers. Plant Mol. Biol. 60 (2006) 555-563
12. Lavid N., Wang J., Shalit M., Guterman I., Bar E., Beuerle T., Menda N., Zach A., Sharoni S., Zamir D., Vainstein A., Weiss D., Pichersky E., and Lewinsohn E. O-Methyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of volatile phenolic derivatives in rose petals. Plant Physiol. 129 (2002) 1899-1907
13. Lavy M., Zuker A., Lewinsohn E., Larkov O., Ravid U., Vainstein A., and Weiss D. Linalool and linalool oxide production in transgenic carnation flowers expressing the Clarkia breweri linalool synthase gene. Mol. Breeding 9 (2002) 103-111
14. Lewinsohn E., Dudai N., Tadmor Y., Katzir I., Ravid U., Putievsky E., and Joel D.M. Histochemical localization of citral accumulation in lemongrass leaves (Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf., Poaceae). Ann. Bot. 81 (1998) 35-39
15. Lewinsohn E., Shalekchet F., Wilkinson J., Matsui K., Tadmor Y., Nam K.H., Amar O., Lastochkin E., Larkov O., Ravid U., Hiatt W., Gepstein S., and Pichersky E. Enhanced levels of aroma and flavor compound S-linalool by metabolic engineering of the terpenoid pathway in tomato fruits. Plant Physiol. 127 (2001) 1256-1265
16. Lucker J., Bouwmeester H.J., Schwab W., Blaas J., van der Plas L., and Verhoeven H.A. Expression of Clarkia S-linalool synthase in transgenic petunia plants results in the accumulation of S-linalyl-β-d glucopyranoside. Plant J. 27 (2001) 315-324
17. Mercuri A., Sacchetti A., De Benedetti L., Schiva T., and Alberti S. Green fluorescent flowers. Plant Sci. 162 (2001) 647-654
18. Murashige T., and Skoog F. A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol. Plant. 15 (1962) 473-497
19. Raguso R.A., and Pichersky E. Floral volatiles from Clarkia breweri and C. concinna (Onagraceae): recent evolution of floral scent and moth pollination. Plant Syst. Evol. 194 (1995) 55-67
20. Semeria L., Ruffoni B., Rabaglio M., Genga A., Vaira A., and Accotto G. Genetic transformation of Eustoma grandiflorum by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Tissue Org. Culture 47 (1996) 67-72
21. Shalit M., Guterman I., Volpin H., Bar E., Tamari T., Menda N., Adam Z., Zamir D., Vainstein A., Weiss D., Pichersky E., and Lewinsohn E. Volatile ester formation in roses. Identification of an acetyl-coenzyme A: geraniol/citronellol acetyltransferase in developing rose petals. Plant Physiol. 130 (2003) 1868-1876
22. Shalit M., Katzir N., Tadmor Y., Larkov O., Burger Y., Shalechet F., Lastochkin E., Ravid U., Amar O., Edelstein M., Karchi Z., and Lewinsohn E. Acetyl CoA:alcohol acetyltransferase activity and aroma formation in ripening melon fruits. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49 (2001) 794-799
23. Vainstein A., Lewinsohn E., Pichersky E., and Weiss D. Floral Fragrance. New inroads into an old commodity. Plant Physiol. 127 (2001) 1383-1389
24. Zaccai M., and Edri N. Floral transition in lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum). Sci. Hortic. 95 (2002) 333-340
25. Zaccai M., Lewinsohn E., and Pichersky E. Modifing lisianthus traits by genetic engineering. Acta Hortic. 552 (2001) 137-142